Swiss Re Building: The Gherkin London
Commissioned by Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurance companies, it rises 41 storeys and provides 76,400 sqm of accommodation, including offices and a shopping arcade accessed from a new public plaza.
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Commissioned by Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurance companies, it rises 41 storeys and provides 76,400 sqm of accommodation, including offices and a shopping arcade accessed from a new public plaza.
Stratosphere, designed for Telford Homes, by Allies and Morrison and Stockwool, has transformed a brownfield site adjacent to Stratford station into two buildings boasting striking views.
Coal Drops Yard, reinventing two 1850s rail buildings, a major new King’s Cross shopping district and public space design by Heatherwick Studio.
New home for Above The Stag LGBT+ theatre company, design by FORMstudio, in two interconnecting railway arches, part of a wider regeneration in south London.
Aviary at London Zoo added to Historic England’s at risk register. Designed by Lord Snowdon and Cedric Price in 1962-65 the structure is an aluminium and steel structure on concrete foundations.
Architects IBLA have almost doubled the space inside this typical London townhouse with the addition of a pair of ‘secret’ new floors at the top and bottom of the property.
The repurposed 453 sqm building, Hox Haus, designed by 74 Architects, will serve as the central focus, clubhouse and social amenity for Hox Park student campus, for students attending Royal Holloway, University of London.
Criticism for New European headquarters of Bloomberg LP, designed by architects Foster+Partners, winner of 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize: an ‘exemplar of sustainable development’, with a BREEAM Outstanding rating – the highest design-stage score ever achieved by any major office development.
Science Gallery London building design by LTS Architects the space provides exhibition galleries, a lecture and performance theatre, events facilities, a café, shop and newly restored Georgian courtyard.
Architecture Initiative designed the London Screen Academy in Islington – a new sixth form free school to train pupils in the full range of skills needed for the screen industries which include film and television.
Evans Randall Investors has worked with central London development manager CORE and John Robertson Architects to create an entirely new building in line with their growing reputation for reinventing tired and out-of-date offices.
Despite the plot size, 3.7m wide at front, and 20m in depth, the home, designed by Urban Mesh design ltd, is filled with natural light from generous glazing in recesses that resulted from extensive party wall and rights of light negotiations.
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From the shell of a former restaurant, Sella Concept has conjured a fluid, immersive space, seamlessly subdivided into different areas, each with a subtly different mood.